1968: If UFOs are real, shouldn’t they produce some real physical effects?

If UFOs are real, shouldn’t they produce some real physical effects? James McDonald, Statement on UFOs to U.S. House Committee on Science and Aeronautics, 1968 Symposium on UFOs Again, the answer is that they do. There are rather well-authenticated cases spanning a wide variety of “physical effects.” Car-stopping cases are one important class. UFOs have repeatedly been associated with ignition failures and light-failures of cars and trucks which came […] Read More

2002: UFOs: The Physical Evidence – Overwhelming – But As Elusive As Ever

Michael Jordan, Journal of Alternative Realities, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2002 Any scientific study of the UFO enigma seems inevitable to result in frustrating ambiguity and contradiction. Really worthwhile UFO reports are frequently characterized by high strangeness, evasiveness, resistance to scholarly investigation and a seemingly unavoidable, bewildering array of conclusions. Writer K. Phillips, in an essay on The Psycho-Sociology of Ufology, notes that in addition to this elusiveness, “it […] Read More

1995: EMF AND UFOs?

by Patricia Mason The abduction experience is a fascinating aspect of the UFO phenomena and, like UFOs, is elusive and difficult to research. One must rely on the experiencer’s memory of the event. Are these events real? Even experiencers themselves question this. There is a physical and measurable force that can affect human perception – EMF. Discovering the role of EMF in this mystery is essential to its solution.  Magnetite is a mineral with […] Read More

2006: Aquamarine Dreams: Ralph Ring and Otis T Carr

A video interview with Ralph Ring Las Vegas, August 2006 Also present: Gary Voss from The Ranch: a consortium researching exotic energy and antigravity systems. Ralph Ring: He says, “You’re gonna get onboard and you’re gonna go some place and you’re gonna come back. And that’s all.” And he said, “But I’m gonna tell you ahead of time, your brain will no longer… Gary Voss: …be the same? Ralph: […] Read More

1981: Transcript of Bergstrom AFB: Interview of Betty Cash, Vickie & Colby Landrum

TRANSCRIPT OF BERGSTROM AFB INTERVIEW OF BETTY CASH, VICKIE & COLBY LANDRUM August 1981 Part 1 of 2 TRANSCRIPT of a taped interview held at Bergstrom Air Force Base Law Library Building 2102, 17 August 1981, between Betty Cash, Vicki Landrum, Colby Landrum and representatives of the United States Air Force in the persons of Captain John Camp, Acting Staff Judge Advocate, Captain Terry Davis, Claims Officer, and Miss […] Read More

The Black Knight from Space

By John Carter In Disneyland of the Gods, John Keel writes of the Black Knight satellite. Never mind the almanac. You won’t find it listed with Sputnik or Explorer. Black Knight is the name given to a radar blip discovered in 1960. This mystery satellite was found in a polar orbit, something neither the US nor the Soviets had accomplished. It was several times larger and several times heavier […] Read More

1992: A missing Pentacle

The so-called “Pentacle Memorandum” convinced UFO researcher Jacques Vallee that the US government had been toying with the official UFO investigations and that these were a front for something else… if not something more sinister. Philip Coppens Jacques Vallee & Allen Hynek In Forbidden Science (1992), Jacques Vallee, who was the inspiration for one of the main characters in Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, reports how in 1967 […] Read More

UFO and Military Acronyms

A2 – Air Force Intelligence AAC – Alaskan Air Command AAF – Army Air Force ACOM – Asian Communist – One of NSA’s 4 major Operational Divisions ADC – AeroSpace Defense Command ADLA – Assistant Director for Legal & Legislative AffAirs – NSA) ADPL – Assistant Director for Policy & Liason – (NSA) ADPR – Assistant Director for Plans / Resources – (NSA) ADT – Assistant Director for Training […] Read More

1947: ARMY GETS AROUND TO CHECKING `FLYING DISC’ AND IS MYSTIFIED

Article from the: St Louis Post-Dispatch July 3, 1947 _______________________________ ARMY GETS AROUND TO CHECKING `FLYING DISC‘ AND IS MYSTIFIED WASHINGTON, July 3 (UP)- Army research experts can’t explain the ” flying saucers” reported seen in several western states, but they are investigating, they said. The Army air forces has checked all of their research authorities and contractors, but none of them knew or could suggest anything concrete about […] Read More

1994: A Die-Hard Issue: CIA’s Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90

Gerald K. Haines An extraordinary 95 percent of all Americans have at least heard or read something about Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), and 57 percent believe they are real. (1) Former US Presidents Carter and Reagan claim to have seen a UFO. UFOlogists–a neologism for UFO buffs–and private UFO organizations are found throughout the United States. Many are convinced that the US Government, and particularly CIA, are engaged in […] Read More

Russian military spooked by UFO

Gubernia TV UFO news coverage A news report broadcast by Gubernia TV in Russia about a multiple-witness sighting of a large UFO—posted on YouTube on May 12—has elicited considerable attention in several ufological news forums, particularly in Italy, but little else in the Western mainstream media. The case occurred in the village of Lesopilniy in the Khabarovsk region in Russia’s Far East and it involved dozens of witnesses, including […] Read More

2010: The long-distance runner – Sarasota Herald-Tribune (blog)

You’ve probably never met Larry Bryant but chances are you know somebody just like him, a guy with so much time on his hands, he spends a lot of it making neighbors’ lives miserable. But instead of snapping photos of the derelict boat in your driveway or tape-measuring for easement code violations, Bryant courts UFOs whistleblowers and files Freedom of Information Act requests with the government. And if, as […] Read More

The Government and UFO’s: Protocol for Truth

Dan Smith How well has the government responded to the popular belief that it is concealing evidence of UFOs? Here is what seems to be the standard conservative view: Since there is no basis for the popular belief, to begin with, any attempted response on the part of the government is only likely to stir that pot and thus be counter-productive. The opposing view is that by inadequately responding, […] Read More

1948: P51 VS UFO – Revealed after Pilot’s Death

We all know the scenario, a military man is somehow involved in an incident with a UFO and the story is covered up with bogus stories and threats. However, now and then one of these old encounters eventually makes it’s way to the public. This is one of those stories that North Dakota Guard pilot, George Gorman had in the skies over Fargo one crisp autumn night that was […] Read More